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Russian crew wraps trailblazing film in space, returns safely to Earth

October 17, 2021
Henry

After bidding farewell to the rest of the astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station and closing the hatch at 4:41 p.m. on October 16, their Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft undocked from the station at 9:14 p.m.

The spacecraft experienced deorbit burns at 11:42 a.m., and they made a parachute-assisted landing on the Steppe of Kazakhstan on October 17 at 12:35 a.m. ET (10:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time).

Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin was there to congratulate the crew as they were removed from the capsule. Film crews were rolling out to shoot additional scenes for the film at the landing site.

Helicopters will retrieve the crew and transport them to Karaganda, Kazakhstan, and then they will fly a plane to a training base in Star City, Russia. Peresild and Shipenko will undergo a 10-day rehab program to help them return to Earth after spending 12 days in space.

The crew’s return to Earth Friday morning comes on the heels of a scheduled thruster firing test of the Soyuz spacecraft while it was still docked with the space station. At 5:13 a.m. ET Friday, the thruster continued firing unexpectedly after the test ended. This resulted in the loss of orientation control for the space station.

“Within 30 minutes, flight controllers regained attitude control of the space station, which is now in a stable configuration,” according to nasa. “The crew was awake at the time of the incident and was not in any danger.”
The agency and Roscosmos are working together to understand the cause as flight controllers evaluate the data. The space station also experienced “space shuttle emergency” In July.
Peresild and Shipenko traveled to the space station on October 5 with veteran Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, facing some Real-life drama – in the form of communication issues – while docking on the space station. Over the course of 12 days, he filmed “Challenge”, the first feature film shot in space.
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NS the film will tell the story of a surgeon, played by Peresild, who has to operate on a sick astronaut in space, portrayed by Novitsky, as the astronaut’s medical condition prevents him from returning to Earth for treatment. Filming continued for the film during the departure of the crew and the closure of the hatch.

The film is being produced under a commercial agreement between Roscosmos and Moscow-based media entities Channel One and Studio Yellow, Black and White.

Shkaplerov will remain aboard the space station and return to Earth in March aboard the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft with NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov. When Vande Hei will land on the space station after 355 consecutive days, she will have completed the longest solo space flight by an astronaut in American history, according to NASA.

Novitsky’s return to Earth on Sunday morning comes after spending 191 days in space on his third mission, and would have logged 531 days in space on three separate flights.

In addition to Shkaplerov, Vande Hei and Dubrov, the current crew on the space station includes European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet; NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan MacArthur; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.

filming in space

Some films have been shot on the space station, including a 2002 IMAX documentary narrated by Tom Cruise. “Apogee of Fear”, a 2012 science fiction film that ran at about eight minutes, was also filmed in space by the astronaut’s son, entrepreneur and space tourist Richard Garriott.

Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman In 2020 it was revealed that they were working together on a film to be shot in space in collaboration with NASA. The project is being developed in collaboration with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Reports have suggested that Cruise’s stay on the space station could also take place in October, but no specific date for his launch has been shared – although he did. Chat with the All-Civilian SpaceX Inspiration 4 Crew During his recent space travel.

But Russia has become the first country to shoot a feature film in space.

Peresild and Shipenko, who are famous in Russia, were selected by the country’s space agency Roscosmos after opening a competition for applicants in November ((2020?)). Peresild has appeared in several Russian films and TV series, while Shipenko’s 2020 film “Serf” was one of Russia’s highest-grossing films.

Both the civilians underwent rigorous training before the space journey. Along with the students, the actor and director prepared by doing centrifuge and vibration stand tests, training flights in zero gravity, and parachute training, all of which were covered by Channel One.

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The other astronauts on board, including Nowitzky, assisted and acted as part of the film crew because production resources were more limited in the space environment.

The film “is a part of a larger-scale scientific and educational project, which also includes a series of documentaries about rocket and space industry enterprises and experts involved in the construction of launch vehicles, spacecraft and ground space infrastructure.” The project will become a clear example of the fact that spaceflight is slowly becoming available not only to professionals, but to a broader range of interests as well.” roscosmos.

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